The underground world of snake smuggling

Vile, venomous and best kept under lock and key - and that's just the people in this gripping book. Jennie Erin Smith spent a decade investigating the strange world of reptile collectors and dealers who specialise in rare species. I couldn't put this book down, partly because it's a ripping yarn of wildlife cops versus reptile robbers, but also because I was mesmerised by the horror of it all.

Don't be fooled by these colourful characters. They are no herpetological Indiana Joneses, but criminals in it for the money: loathsome, scary and prepared to let their animals die to evade capture themselves. Most shocking is the revelation that some of the smugglers' best customers were keepers and curators at leading zoos admired for their efforts to conserve endangered species.

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